Is Direct Patronage the Future for Artists?
What is direct patronage? Perhaps you’ve heard the term “direct patronage.” I refer to it because I believe it is the future for artists. Patronage, as described by Wikipedia, is:…
For Women Artists, Studio Visits Can Be Risky Business
The studio visit is a vital place of exchange between the private creative life of an artist and the wider commercial and institutional worlds of the market and museum. But…
Cassie Stephens: Taking my Creative Vitamins
Here lately I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk and I’ve not felt excited or interested in pursuing my usual creative outlets. I love to sew funky clothing…
Oliver Valsecchi | Light and Bodies to Portray Human Essence
About Oliver Valsecchi Oliver Valsecchi, born in Paris in 1979, now lives and works in Toulouse, where he studied at ETPA Photography School in 2007. As a teenager, Oliver’s main…
Farewell Friend – Perspectives from The Artist’s Road
Farewell Friend Vale Graeme Stevenson OAM (1958 – 2022) A spirit larger than life has left us. Graeme Stevenson was a remarkable person. He had enormous creative energies and the…
Recovering | Lee Wolfe | Episode 884
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Lee Wolfe | Episode 884 Lee Wolfe has been a studio potter for 40 years. Lee’s ceramic work emerges from the organic beauty…
Artist Interview – Christelle Bilodeau
Who are you and what do you do? My name is Christelle Bilodeau and I’m a portrait artist based in Quebec, Canada. I specialize in pencil portraits. Why do you…
Semi Finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2022
This is all about the semi-finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 (Series 9) which was broadcast last night. It covers various observations about the Semi-Final (the reality and…
Don’t Let Google Control Your Marketing Assets
Here at FASO, we once lost all of our rankings in Google….sounds like a marketer’s worst nightmare, right? When Google dropped the original Panda bomb, we had somehow incorrectly configured…
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 211th Exhibition in 2023
The OPEN Call for Entries for The Royal Institute of Water Colours (RI) Annual Exhibition in 2023 has been published. It invites submissions from both International and British artists over…